In the film, which has been scripted by Megan Hinds and Dave Lease, a double-crossed mob hitman turns for help to an unlikely source: the title character, another hitman who was hired to kill him.

Jackson starred earlier this year in Reasonable Doubt opposite Dominic Cooper and in the rebooted RoboCop before reprising his role as the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Nick Fury in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

Will Gluck and Will Packer will produce The Black Phantom with Clint Culpepper overseeing for Screen Gems.